Fear of flying is rational enough - after all, it should make anyone just a little nervous to spend several hours thousands of feet above the earth with their ultimate fate resting in the hands of a few unseen people who may or may not be drunk. However, rather than just dealing with his totally normal neurosis, Mark Malkoff has decided that he needs to go to extremes to earn his wings. The New York based worry-wart, who once lived for a week in an IKEA just to, we guess, live in IKEA for a week, has reached a deal with budget carrier Airtran to live on their planes for an entire month.
Over that course of time Malkoff will take up to 12 flights per day, during which he’ll be showered with pretzels and free beverages but with no actual showers.
Over that course of time Malkoff will take up to 12 flights per day, during which he’ll be showered with pretzels and free beverages but with no actual showers.
Malkoff is also expected to be that one horrifically smelling, overly talkative passenger that nobody really enjoys sitting next to. While we at OneRiot think there’s nothing more noble than overcoming your fears, we do have our suspicions that this month-long move to a confined space is just a clever attempt by Malkoff to mask his
agoraphobia.
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